Light fantasy runs the gamut from humor to pure escapism. Light fantasy can be defined as light in tone, or fantasy that stays away from the dark side of human nature. It is on the opposite end of the spectrum from dark fantasy.

Literary Examples:

The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett

Xanth books by Piers Anthony

These examples fall under ”light in tone’. What do you consider light fantasy?

If you’re ever feeling a little frivolous with your time, check out Daniel Pinkwater’s “Looking for Bobowicz” at the library on audiobook. The story is hysterical and his reading is exquisite. It’s a kid’s book, so I’m not sure what you read, but it’s pretty funny. (It’s about a giant chicken…)

It’s been a long time since I read Daniel Pinkwater (I distantly remember “Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars”). My first thought when you said Light Fantasy was Low Fantasy and my initial thoughts were that there are more books in this area… but then I realized that the ‘L’ words tricked me.

Xanth was a good addition… I talked about the Xanth books once on my blog. They got lighter in tone as the series went on, too. The first book or two had some pretty serious themes embedded in them and the humor was more satire. The later humor was almost all based on puns.

I haven’t read the entire series, either, nor do I think it’s possible to read the entire series. He’s done somewhere on the order of 30-ish Xanth books. But after eight or nine or maybe ten… you’re sort of done with Xanth. Over time, the books became more and more geared toward a younger audience. Nothing wrong with that, but I also found they just weren’t challenging in other ways, anymore. Not like a lot of modern YAs.

If you were only ever going to read a few Xanth books, I’d stick with the first 3. They sort of form a slightly cohesive trilogy.